Overriding A Profile's Dns Configuration - Motorola AP-6511 Reference Manual

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other devices and requires careful administration to ensure this one device still supports the deployment
requirements within the network.
A profile's network configuration process consists of the following:
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Overriding a Profile's DNS Configuration

• Overriding a Profile's ARP Configuration
• Overriding a Profile's Quality of Service (QoS) Configuration
• Overriding a Profile's Static Route Configuration
• Overriding a Profile's Forwarding Database Configuration
• Overriding a Profile's Bridge VLAN Configuration
• Overriding a Profile's Miscellaneous Network Configuration
5.4.2.1 Overriding a Profile's DNS Configuration
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Overriding a Profile's Network Configuration
Domain Naming System (DNS) DNS is a hierarchical naming system for resources connected to the Internet
or a private network. Primarily, DNS resources translate domain names into IP addresses. If one DNS server
doesn't know how to translate a particular domain name, it asks another one until the correct IP address is
returned. DNS enables access to resources using human friendly notations. DNS converts human friendly
domain names into notations used by different networking equipment for locating resources.
As a resource is accessed (using human-friendly hostnames), it's possible to access the resource even if the
underlying machine friendly notation name changes. Without DNS you need to remember a series of
numbers (123.123.123.123) instead of a domain name (www.domainname.com).
To define the DNS configuration or apply overrides to an existing configuration:
1. Select
2. Select a target device (by double-clicking it) from amongst those displayed within the Device
Configuration screen.
Devices can also be selected directly from the Device Browser in the lower, left-hand, side of the UI.
3. Select
4. Select
5. Select DNS.
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Devices from the Configuration tab.
Profile Overrides from the Device menu to expand it into sub menu options.
Network to expand its sub menu options.